Crowd Size
"You saw the scenes at CPAC. That room was half-full," Christie said. "Let's not pretend that CPAC is CPAC anymore. It's TPAC. It's Trump-PAC. It's not CPAC any longer. Only the most desperate people showed up at CPAC to speak, other than Trump or people in Trump's orbit."
Trump, without specifically mentioning Christie's remarks, defended his speech's audience size in a Truth Social post Monday morning.
"CPAC was packed for my speech, you couldn't get into the building. A special thanks to the area Fire Department for making it work so well. Great job!" he wrote.
More...
Was the room packed during Trump's speech? Isn't that a simple factual question on which honest people can agree?
Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . And one fine morning——So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.